We really do adore Barack Obama, because as much as he is President of the United States, for better or for worse, he’s also pretty good at being a celebrity too. Unlike our own Prime Minister David Cameron, whose attempts at sincerity get turned into humour, Barack’s funny side is entirely intentional as you can see in this Funny or Die video.
In the mock chat show Between Two Ferns, the American premier answers ludicrous questions from host Zach Galifianakis. And by that we mean questions that are as ludicrous and close-to-the-bone as: ‘What should we do about North Ikea’ and ‘What’s it like to be the last black president?’ To which dear old Barack replies that he thinks it's a good idea he's not doing a third term - because it's not exactly like Hangover 3 turned out what well. And yes - before you ask - this is actually Barack Obama, not one of those videos where they carefully splice everything together so as to make a point.
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama from President Barack Obama
But what is the point of this? Well around half way through - just as we're left wondering WTF Obama is doing on the spoof show - Zach gets down to business: ‘Lets get this out of the way, what have you come here to plug?’ Obama's answer: ‘What we want is people to know that you can get affordable healthcare and most young Americans right now, they’re not covered. And the truth is they can get coverage for what it costs to pay your cellphone bill.'
Pretty 'nerdy', as Zach would put it. But it almost makes us want to sign up to Obamacare.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.